Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Architect salary in the West Midlands is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 58 41
Rank change year-on-year +24 -17 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 404 331 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.48% 5.23% 6.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.82% 5.80% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 268 198 240
10th Percentile £52,500 £60,875 £56,125
25th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £61,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,970
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,943 5,710 6,969
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 90.15% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,205 3,266 4,768
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +3 239 £77,500 +3.33% 30
Warwickshire +63 63 £77,500 -13.89% 6
Solihull +2 30 £62,500 -31.88% 2
Staffordshire -14 14 £65,000 -16.13%
Shropshire +1 8 £74,136 -14.29% 1
Coventry +2 4 £81,636 +11.45% 3
West Bromwich - 3 £78,500 -
Walsall - 2 £92,500 -
Stourbridge - 1 £75,000 -
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 90 (22.28%) Microsoft
1 90 (22.28%) Azure
2 87 (21.53%) Agile
3 64 (15.84%) Roadmaps
4 61 (15.10%) Data Modelling
5 60 (14.85%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (14.36%) Analytics
7 50 (12.38%) Architectural Patterns
8 46 (11.39%) Dynamics 365
8 46 (11.39%) Data Architecture
9 45 (11.14%) Power Platform
10 40 (9.90%) Social Skills
11 39 (9.65%) Degree
11 39 (9.65%) AWS
12 38 (9.41%) Finance
13 37 (9.16%) ERP
14 35 (8.66%) Mentoring
15 33 (8.17%) DevOps
16 32 (7.92%) WAN
17 30 (7.43%) Data Design
17 30 (7.43%) Metadata
18 29 (7.18%) Public Cloud
18 29 (7.18%) Data Management
19 28 (6.93%) Management Information System
19 28 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
19 28 (6.93%) User Experience
20 27 (6.68%) IT Strategy
20 27 (6.68%) CI/CD
20 27 (6.68%) Business Intelligence
20 27 (6.68%) Cisco

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.25%) Appian
Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Simulink
2 2 (0.50%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.97%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.50%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 90 (22.28%) Azure
2 46 (11.39%) Dynamics 365
3 45 (11.14%) Power Platform
4 39 (9.65%) AWS
5 26 (6.44%) SaaS
6 23 (5.69%) GCP
7 22 (5.45%) IaaS
7 22 (5.45%) PaaS
8 21 (5.20%) PowerApps
9 20 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (4.95%) Power Automate
10 18 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.50%) dbt
11 2 (0.50%) Serverless
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 1 (0.25%) Boomi
12 1 (0.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.92%) WAN
2 24 (5.94%) SD-WAN
3 16 (3.96%) Firewall
3 16 (3.96%) VPN
4 12 (2.97%) Wireless
5 10 (2.48%) NGFW
6 8 (1.98%) LAN
7 7 (1.73%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (1.24%) MPLS
9 4 (0.99%) DNS
9 4 (0.99%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.99%) Intranet
10 3 (0.74%) VoIP
10 3 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.74%) WLAN
11 2 (0.50%) BGP
11 2 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.50%) IPsec
11 2 (0.50%) Junos
11 2 (0.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.43%) Metadata
2 22 (5.45%) Power BI
3 20 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.23%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.98%) Looker
6 6 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.49%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.99%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.74%) DB2
10 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.50%) Big Data
11 1 (0.25%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Git
2 6 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (1.49%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.50%) CANoe
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (9.90%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.41%) Finance
3 21 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (4.21%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.47%) Retail
6 13 (3.22%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.22%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.72%) Automotive
8 9 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.49%) Marketing
10 4 (0.99%) Law
10 4 (0.99%) Legal
10 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.74%) Banking
12 2 (0.50%) Electronics
12 2 (0.50%) Games
12 2 (0.50%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.25%) Back Office
13 1 (0.25%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.70%) JSON
2 14 (3.47%) YAML
3 10 (2.48%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.98%) .NET
5 7 (1.73%) Middleware
6 6 (1.49%) Web Services
7 5 (1.24%) EDI
7 5 (1.24%) XML
8 4 (0.99%) REST
8 4 (0.99%) WCF
9 2 (0.50%) Django
9 2 (0.50%) HTML
9 2 (0.50%) Node.js
9 2 (0.50%) React
9 2 (0.50%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.25%) Kafka
10 1 (0.25%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.18%) Public Cloud
2 28 (6.93%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.47%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.72%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.49%) FMCG
9 4 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.99%) IoT
9 4 (0.99%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.74%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.74%) Replication
11 2 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.50%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.50%) NHS
11 2 (0.50%) PropTech
12 1 (0.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.22%) Windows
2 9 (2.23%) Linux
3 7 (1.73%) Solaris
3 7 (1.73%) Ubuntu
3 7 (1.73%) Unix
4 2 (0.50%) VME
4 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (21.53%) Agile
2 64 (15.84%) Roadmaps
3 61 (15.10%) Data Modelling
4 60 (14.85%) Cybersecurity
5 58 (14.36%) Analytics
6 50 (12.38%) Architectural Patterns
7 46 (11.39%) Data Architecture
8 37 (9.16%) ERP
9 35 (8.66%) Mentoring
10 33 (8.17%) DevOps
11 30 (7.43%) Data Design
12 29 (7.18%) Data Management
13 28 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (6.93%) User Experience
14 27 (6.68%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (6.68%) CI/CD
14 27 (6.68%) IT Strategy
15 26 (6.44%) Artificial Intelligence
15 26 (6.44%) Presales
16 25 (6.19%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.21%) SQL
2 15 (3.71%) C#
3 14 (3.47%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.24%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.99%) MATLAB
5 4 (0.99%) Python
6 3 (0.74%) C
6 3 (0.74%) C++
6 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.50%) COBOL
7 2 (0.50%) Java
7 2 (0.50%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 2 (0.50%) R
8 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 39 (9.65%) Degree
2 21 (5.20%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (4.95%) Security Cleared
4 17 (4.21%) CCNP
4 17 (4.21%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.96%) Azure Certification
6 14 (3.47%) CCNA
7 11 (2.72%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.24%) CCIE
12 4 (0.99%) CISM
12 4 (0.99%) CISSP
12 4 (0.99%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.74%) CCSK
13 3 (0.74%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.47%) SLA
2 9 (2.23%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.23%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.98%) GDPR
4 5 (1.24%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.74%) NIST
6 2 (0.50%) NCSC
7 1 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 15 (3.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (2.48%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (2.48%) vSphere
3 3 (0.74%) Docker
4 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (3.71%) Terraform
2 7 (1.73%) Stealthwatch
3 5 (1.24%) CASB
3 5 (1.24%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.74%) MOM
4 3 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 90 (22.28%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.68%) Cisco
3 24 (5.94%) SAP
4 15 (3.71%) VMware
5 14 (3.47%) Adobe
5 14 (3.47%) Apple
5 14 (3.47%) Meraki
6 12 (2.97%) Google
6 12 (2.97%) Juniper
6 12 (2.97%) Pega
6 12 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.72%) Citrix
8 9 (2.23%) Fortinet
9 8 (1.98%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.24%) Unisys
11 4 (0.99%) Oracle
12 3 (0.74%) IBM
12 3 (0.74%) NEC
12 3 (0.74%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.50%) CyberArk